Pierre; or The Ambiguities - Softcover

Herman Melville was one of the greatest American writers of the Renaissance period in the 19th century. Melville was a very influential writer in many genres of fiction, including sea stories, Allegory, and Gothic Romanticism. Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick remains one of the most widely read books in American literature with most students reading it by the time they graduate high school. Pierre; or The Ambiguities, published in 1852, is a psychological novel that centers around the title character, the 19-year old heir to a large estate in New York. The book is notable for its depiction of sexual and family tensions.